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California Welfare Time Limits Study

General Information

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Evaluator(s) Berkeley Policy Associates
University of California at Berkeley
MDRC
Investigator(s) Jane Mauldon (University of California at Berkeley)
Hans Bos (MDRC)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Child/Family
Status Operational with Findings
Duration Jan 2004 - Jan 2007
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description This project will evaluate the implementation of the 60-month CalWORKs time limit and the impacts of the time limit on families receiving cash assistance.

Key research questions include:
(1) What do CalWORKs recipients understand about the time limit?
(2) How are counties preparing for and implementing the time limit?
(3) What are the characteristics of families that reach the time limit and how do they compare with those who do not?
(4) How do family well-being and economic outcomes for families who exhaust their time on assistance compare to those who leave prior to reaching their time limit?
(5) How has imposing the time limit impacted the CalWORKs caseload? and
(6) Does the time limit impact child welfare indicators (e.g., child abuse or neglect, foster care?

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Last Updated 11/17/04
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Jane Mauldon (jmauldon@socrates.berkeley.edu)
University of California at Berkeley
not reported
(T) not reported
(F) not reported
Submitter(s) Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty
215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl
(T) (646)284-9600
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Populations Studied

Target Population Recipients/participants/clients
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit Not yet available.
Execution Four key research activities will inform the study:

(1) two waves of recipient surveys in six California counties;
(2) analysis of statewide administrative data;
(3) two rounds of in-depth field research conducted in six California counties; and
(4) two waves of an implementation surveys to all 58 California counties.

Sites Studied

California w/ Six research counties:

Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento and Tulare

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Time limits

Administration/Implementation

Variation in program components across sites? Yes

Outcomes Assessed

Attitudes towards work, welfare, and program

Program implementation

Income security

Family and relationship outcomes

Employment

Adult outcomes

Caseload Dynamics

Child Outcomes

Types of Studies

Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
 
Type Implementation/Process Study
 

Data Sources

Source Administrative data
 
Source Survey
 
Source Field Research
 

Findings Available

Interim Descriptive/Analytical Findings

Recommendations

Existing Publications

06/01/04 California Welfare Time Limits Study: Working Against the Clock: Implementing Five Year Welfare Time Limits in California UCB

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